Adverse life events; Childhood; Healthy voice hearers; Psychosis; Psychotic experiences; Schizophrenia; Trauma; Psychiatry and Mental Health; Biological Psychiatry
Abstract :
[en] Despite the clinical and theoretical importance of the negative content in auditory verbal hallucinations (AVHs), little research has been conducted on the topic. A handful of studies suggest that trauma or adverse life events contribute to negative content. The findings are somewhat inconsistent, however, possibly due to methodological limitations. Moreover, only trauma occurring in childhood has been investigated so far. In the present study, we studied the effect of abuse, experienced in either child- or adulthood, and clinical status on negative content of AVHs in four groups of participants that were assessed as part of a large, previously published online survey: Individuals with a psychotic disorder and AVHs (total n = 33), who had experienced abuse (n = 21) or not (n = 12) as well as a group of healthy individuals with AVHs (total n = 53), who had experienced abuse (n = 31) or not (n = 22). We hypothesized that having experienced abuse was associated with a higher degree of negative content. The clinical group collectively reported significantly higher degrees of negative AVHs content compared to the healthy group, but there was no effect of abuse on the degree of negative AVHs content. The presence of AVHs was more common amongst individuals who reported a history of abuse compared to individuals with no history of abuse, both in clinical and healthy participants with AVHs. This implies that at group level, being subjected to traumatic events increases an individual's vulnerability to experiencing AVHs. However, it does not necessarily account for negative content in AVHs.
Disciplines :
Neurosciences & behavior
Author, co-author :
Næss, Julie Øverbø; Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen, Norway
Hirnstein, Marco; Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen, Norway, NORMENT - Norwegian Centre of Excellence for Mental Disorders Research, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Kusztrits, Isabella; Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen, Norway, NORMENT - Norwegian Centre of Excellence for Mental Disorders Research, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Division of Psychiatry, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
Laroi, Frank ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie
Language :
English
Title :
An online survey on clinical and healthy individuals with auditory verbal hallucinations: Abuse did not lead to more negative voice content.
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